Based on H.G. Wells's meditation on the price of progress, this 1936 sci-fi epic is a showcase for the painterly touch of director William Cameron Menzies. It tells the story of an Earth torn apart by global war and transformed into a nightmarish landscape of fear and disease. As competing tribes struggle for dominance, a space craft arrives bearing a mysterious stranger who offers a new path, one free of war and strife. Menzies’ mentor, legendary special effects master Ray Harryhausen, was on the set and contributed to Menzies' striking vision of vast, subterranean, art deco–informed cities. The disc also contains a bio of and interview with Harryhausen, as well as an optional colorized version of the film that he supervised.